People of the Revolution and the USSR
Government and administration
Citizenship: Hungary
The Cold War and decolonization 1945–현재
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- Ferenc Münnich Münnich Ferenc Hungarian communist who backed Soviet intervention with Kádár in 1956 and became prime minister after the revolution was crushed
- Zoltán Tildy Tildy Zoltán The Reformed pastor-president who declared neutrality before Soviet tanks
- Imre Nagy Nagy Imre Premier for thirteen days
- József Révai Révai József Overseer of culture in the Rákosi era
- István Dobi Dobi István Smallholder turned titular head of state
- Ferenc Nagy Nagy Ferenc Smallholder premier of Hungary's second republic, forced out by Soviet-backed communists
- Zoltán Vas Vas Zoltán Rákosi-era planning chief who fell from grace and joined Imre Nagy
- Mihály Farkas Farkas Mihály Defence minister in Rákosi's ruling foursome
- Ferenc Donáth Donáth Ferenc A politician who linked revolution and reform while carrying the wounds of dictatorship
- József Szilágyi Szilágyi József Refused to cooperate at his show trial: tried separately and hanged two months before Imre Nagy
- András Hegedüs Hegedüs András A young premier who bore responsibility at the revolution’s threshold
- Gyula Horn Horn Gyula Hungarian foreign minister who cut the Iron Curtain, and reform prime minister
- Imre Pozsgay Pozsgay Imre The reformist Politburo member who called 1956 a 'popular uprising' and dismantled his own party's orthodoxy
- Miklós Németh Németh Miklós Hungary's reform premier who opened a gate in 1989
- Viktor Mihály Orbán Orbán Viktor From anti-communist youth leader in 1989 to architect of 'illiberal democracy'